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23. Aristocracy, The Titanic and New York: 'The Lost Passenger' with Frances Quinn

49 min • 15 juli 2025

On this episode, Mark welcomes Frances Quinn to the syndicate to discuss her historical fiction, The Lost Passenger. A journey of a young woman called Eleanor, who is from an bourgeois family, marries into aristocracy, to a journey on the Titanic that leads to a new life in New York. Frances discusses her research and characters in this episode, as well as the reasons behind her plot points. A fabulous conversation that weaved the historical facts around this story.

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